DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (Education) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2016.
ESSENTIALS OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2009 onwards)
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
SECTION A — 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each.
1. Explain the scope of Educational Psychology.
2. Give an account on various physical developmental
stages in human being.
3. What are the roles of a motivator?
4. Explain the 'structure of intellect' by Guilford.
5. Enumerate the role of sense organs in perception.
6. How does the Metacognitive process helpful in learning?
7. Explain the types of learning.
8. Brief the types of memory.
SECTION B — 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR questions in about 700 words each.
9. Bring out the latest trends in educational psychology.
10. Discuss about the individual differences in the human
development and its educational implications.
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11. Explain the Maslow theory of need hierarchy.
12. Explain various types of intelligence tests used to test IQ
and give their limitations.
13. Elaborate the Piaget's theory of cognitive development.
14. Elucidate the principles of metacognitive instructions and
regulations
15. Derive the educational implications of Kohler's theory of
learning.